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Great Condo in the North Tabor Neighborhood

Check out the video for my latest listing (below) and then click on "Featured Listings" for more information about this great property!

 

       Ron 

 

 

New Listing - Fantastic Value in Tigard

Beautiful Remodel, Move In Ready!!

This well maintained house is ready for you to call home!!

With a wrap around deck and mature landscaping, this backyard is ready for entertaining.

The U.S. Housing Bust Is Over

According to an article published by the Wall Street Journal this week:"The housing market has turned—at last. The U.S. finally has moved beyond attention-grabbing predictions from housing "experts" that housing is bottoming. The numbers are now convincing.

Portland Real Estate Market Statistics for May 2012

The market stats for May, according to RMLS, showed improvement in just about every category that matters for home values.

 

The full report is below.

Activity is high and keeps growing.  The number of accepted offers is up 16.4% over last year and 6.6% over last month.  The number of homes sold was up a whopping 20.4% and 15.1%, versus last year and last month, respectively. 

Portland Real Estate Statistics for April, 2012

Our local multiple listing service (RMLS) continued to report good new for our market in their April edition of “Market Action”. 

 

Activity is still on the rise with an 18% increase in accepted offers and a 13% increase in the number of closed transactions comparing April of this year to last year.

 

March 2012 Real Estate Statistics for Portland

More good news about Portland’s housing market came with the release of the RMLS market stats for March. 

February 2012 Real Estate Statistics for Portland

 

Our multiple listing service (RMLS) released their February statistics and the numbers are looking good pretty much across the board. 

 

The 2011 to 2012 comparison saw closed sales up by 17.5% and the pending sales up by a whopping 32.5%.  The average sale price increased 4.3% but the median was down 1.3%. 

 

Low Inventory Frustrates Portland Home Buyers

 Check out this article from OregonLive.com.  This was sent to me by one of my current buyers who has been out bid on two properties that he wanted.  You have to be ready to pounce when the right property comes up - especially if you have specific needs and/or desires.

 

 

Low inventory of available homes stymies Portland-area buyers 

 

How’s the Market?

 The RMLS stats came out for January, 2012, and we have a bit of a mixed bag.  When looking at the year-to-year numbers, things are looking pretty good.  The average sale price was $200 higher than last year (I’ll take what I can get!).  Closed sales were up over 18% compared to last year.  Pending sales were up over 22% and new listings were down 16.5%. 

 

Portland’s Joins List of Improving Real Estate Markets

DSNews.com reports that the National Association of Home Builders and First American (a financial company and major player in real estate title insurance) added 29 metro areas to their “Improving Markets Index”. 

Ron Milligan
RE/MAX Equity Group         Licensed in Oregon
237 NE Broadway #100, Portland, OR 97232     (503) 287-8989 office     (503) 484-3166
 
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